Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 437-450 , December 2007

Functional Imaging in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

  • Jay J. Pillai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Director of Neuro-MRI, Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA (fMRI & perfusion MRI sections of chapter).
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Jay J. Pillai, MD, Division of Neuroradiology, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Phipps Building, B-100, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287.
    • ,
  • Hadyn T. Williams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chief of Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA (PET & SPECT section of chapter).
    • ,
  • Scott Faro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (DTI section of chapter).

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